“WAR? You idiots want a war? Fine, we’ll give it to you! We are going to get the Kin to storm your stupid maze and crack you into a thousand pieces!”

“Ha! As if your creatures got any chance of getting to us. Our delightfully entertaining monsters and maze would kill them long before they came anywhere near us.”

“Ha! You think your mismatch Demons have a chance again the Kin? Dream on!”

“We are the Hives. We don’t dream idiots because we don’t sleep.”

“…okay, you guys are right there. Still, your Demons have no chance against the Kin!”

“Bring them on and prove it!”

“You just wait here then. They’ll be right over. Kind of ironic because we ordered them to come here to save you but destroying you now should be…”

“Hold on. You called the Kin here to save us?”

“Of course! Why else do you think they’re here?”

“…because you want to watch the Kin in battle and test out your new creatures in a big fight?”

“Of course not! Well…okay, maybe a little…okay, you guys know us too well. Yes, seeing the new creatures in battle was one of our reasons but the main reason was to help your Demons.”

“Oh really…thanks for the assist then. Not that we needed it but the sentiment is nice.”

“You’re welcome.”

“Really, thanks! How about we skip the killing then? We’ll feel bad if we kill the Kin now.”

“Why should you? We could always make more.”

“Yes, but they would be a different group of Kin. For example, we’re sure you guys don’t want the Speaker to die right?”

“We can always appoint another Speaker but…you guys are right. We rather not have to do that…so what are we going to do about this copyright you guys claim to have?”

“…let’s forget about it. Since we never had an agreement in the first place, you guys can keep the method of creating your Giant Spiders.”

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“Thanks. Glad you Fire idiots could see reason.”

“No problem. This could work out for the best anyway. Now we get to change your creatures as well.”

“…what?”

“We’re thinking ‘Giant Fire Demon Spiders”. What do you guys think about giant spiders with horns and some fire powers?”

“…”

“Or maybe some sort of ‘Fire Eyed Monsters’? Those REM creatures of yours but with some fire abilities.”

“…”

“Maybe we can get them to shoot fireballs from their eyes?”

“…”

“Or maybe…”

“Wait…you guys want to recreate our creatures as…Demonic Monsters?”

“Yes. Is that a problem?”

“…uh…copyright?”

“Oh…now you guys believe in copyright.”

“Um…Fine! Change our creatures but in return, we want the right to change your Demons as well.”

“Fair is fair. What plans do you guys have for the Demons?”

“The Speaker said that you guys got a flying creature that looked like a unicorn? Some sort of flying horse with scales, flaming mane, and…”

“You’re talking about the K.I.R.I.N.S.”

“The…we are going to regret this but what are the Kirins?”

“KIng Runners In the Night Sky”

“You Fire idiots and your stupid moronic senseless naming obsession…we are embarrassed to be related to you.”

“You guys are the ones who asked! Don’t ask if you are going to be angry with the answer. By the way, are we related?”

“Of course we are! You guys spilt from us so that make us your…Mother!”

“WHAT?”

“Your Mother! You guys came from us. That makes us your Mother. Make sense right?

“…No, it doesn’t! That’s just stupid. We are spirits! We can’t give birth so you idiots can’t be our mother!”

“That…actually makes some sense. Okay, we are not your mother so that makes us your…Father!”

“Once again; Spirits don’t have a gender! What’s more, some of us Fire spirits in here were part of your Hive from the very beginning so you guys can’t be our parents. At most, we are siblings.”

”…okay, we can accept that. We are…Family?”

“…acceptable! We are The Hive Family!”

“Right! You are the Fire Hive and we are the Hive…Hive?”

“…that doesn’t sound right, does it?”

“Nope. It can’t Hive Hive, can it?”

“It can’t. You guys need to come up with another name.”

“…”

“Hello? Hive, you guys there.”

“…”

“Guess not…”

“…”

“…”

“…”

“…”

“We’re back! Sorry about that but we need to discuss the name.”

“No problem, we get how it is. Any ideas on the name yet or was it one of those arguments that went nowhere?”

“We had a few ideas but most of us remember the humans calling our tunnels a Dungeon of Death and Destruction. That name kind of fits so…”

“So you are going to call yourself D&D!”

“Uh…no.”

“Oh…DD&D? 3Ds?”

“Nope and also no.”

“What then?”

“We are going to call ourselves The Dungeon Hive?”

“The Dungeon Hive?”

“The Dungeon Hive!”

“Okay, why not? Hello, Dungeon Hive!”

“Hello, Fire Hive! Together now…”

“WE ARE THE HIVE FAMILY!”

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